diff --git a/Zend/zend.h b/Zend/zend.h
index ab797d6ed5b..dc30023d96d 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.h
+++ b/Zend/zend.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #ifndef ZEND_H
 #define ZEND_H
 
-#define ZEND_VERSION "2.0.2-dev"
+#define ZEND_VERSION "2.0.2RC1"
 
 #define ZEND_ENGINE_2
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 49aa4c4c1fb..bad0501d02c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(main/php_config.h)
 MAJOR_VERSION=5
 MINOR_VERSION=0
 RELEASE_VERSION=2
-EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
+EXTRA_VERSION="RC1"
 VERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.$RELEASE_VERSION$EXTRA_VERSION"
 
 dnl Define where extension directories are located in the configure context
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 89b95332b63..3ef1286d813 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 0
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 2
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "5.0.2-dev"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "RC1"
+#define PHP_VERSION "5.0.2RC1"